{"id":371530,"date":"2026-10-13T01:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371530\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:30:26","slug":"queen-camilla-reveals-king-charles-off-putting-nighttime-habit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/371530\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla Reveals King Charles&#8217; &#8216;Off-Putting&#8217; Nighttime Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now we wait for the king\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/queen-camilla\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Camilla<\/a> is getting candid about one of\u00a0<a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/king-charles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles\u2019<\/a>\u00a0most\u00a0\u201coff-putting\u201d habits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband and I actually read before dinner. We just like sitting quietly and reading,\u201d Camilla says in a new BBC documentary, \u201cThe Book That Changed My Life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buzz: <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/princess-diana-brother-buckingham-palace_n_6ab13fece4b09ae53890d9e9?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Diana\u2019s Brother Responds To Buckingham Palace\u2019s \u2018Condescending\u2019 Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI occasionally \u2015 when I\u2019m deep in a book \u2015 hear him roaring with laughter about something. It\u2019s very off-putting,\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cI can\u2019t get back into my book, or I\u2019ll suddenly start weeping, but it\u2019s a lovely, quiet time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The queen is an avid supporter of literature, and said in the documentary that\u00a0\u201cif there\u2019s no reading, personally we might as well all give up. Because I don\u2019t think we\u2019d even be human any longer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/support?utm_campaign=yahoo-rr\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Support HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke about how impactful reading was on her own life, as Camilla said she\u00a0\u201cleft school quite young.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my day, women didn\u2019t go to university, so I think reading has been most of my education,\u201d <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cm70pee7l57do\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the royal shared<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>News: <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/king-charles-told-princess-dianas-brother-well-forget-her-soon-enough_n_6aaad87ee4b0288deb0e5238?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Diana&#8217;s Brother Claims King Charles Hissed: &#8216;We\u2019ll Forget Her Soon Enough!&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Camilla is an incredibly passionate reader, and even launched her own book club, called The Queen\u2019s Reading Room.<\/p>\n<p>The Reading Room has an annual festival, regularly shares book recommendations through social media, and even gives out <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc0q8AmiLQI\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a Queen\u2019s Reading Room Medal<\/a>, which \u201ccelebrates the extraordinary \u2018reading heroes\u2019 who champion books and storytelling across the nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the charity\u2019s website<\/a>, Camilla writes that\u00a0\u201cbooks \u2014 from authors around the globe \u2014 have enriched my life since I was a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has therefore been such a joy to watch my Reading Room grow over the years into a thriving book community,\u201d she added.\u00a0\u201cNow a charity, I hope that we, together with our partners, can foster in adults and children alike a lifelong love of literature and connect more people with that special magic that can only be found in the leaves of a book.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read Next<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/queen-camilla-king-charles-habit_n_6accec4ee4b0a568b68e8786?utm_campaign=yahoo-recirc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Read the original on HuffPost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now we wait for the king\u2019s response. 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